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Knowledge of the World, 1999

 Item — Box: 202
Identifier: CC-33107-34732

Scope and Contents

Bouabre, visionary, priest and great purveyor of universal truths, lives and works in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Africa. At daybreak, Thursday, March 11, 1948, Bruly Bouabre witnessed a celestial vision of seven suns in a blue sky. This vision lead him to become a prophet, teaching divine truths communicated to him in his dreams. He sends his thoughts out to the world in a minimal postcard-like format, reflecting one of the most elemental forms of mass communication. A virtual brick of his unbound images finds refuge in the fabric-covered blue box, the metaphoric reliquary for his spiritual missives. The weight and density of the book is a visible statement on the solidity and strength of his creed, of his daily art making ritual, and of his absolutely infinite reflections on humanity, society and the universe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1999

Creator

Full Extent

1 item (1 catalogue object) : 200 cards (offset, papercard) in artist box (fabric, ribbon) ; 17 x 12 cm (each card), 9 x 19 x 14 cm (box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Atlanta, Georgia : Nexus Press. Nationality of creator: Ivorian. Copies: About 1000 total copies.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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